The Last Camel Charge

A fascinating story telling aspects of the American West that most of us know little about.True West Magazine. In the mid-nineteenth century the U.S. Army was on the verge of employing a weapon that had never before been seen on its native soil: a cavalry mount that would fare better than both mules and horses in the American Southwest... . Against the Mojave in the Arizona Territory against the Mormons in Utah Territory during the early stages of the Civil War the camel would become part of military history and a nearly forgotten chapter of Americana. . This is the true story of that experiment and the extraordinary group of people who it brought together. The Last Camel Charge gives them their due as a vital piece of American history.. INCLUDES PHOTOS